MOTW - Lilypad - Monday

[LilyPad]

Also, if you'd like to sign up for MOTW, the thread is located here http://www.frogforum.net/general-dis...k-sign-up.html

I will start a new poll (excluding myself obviously) on Wednesday to see who next week's MOTW will be!!

[artes]

Firebelly toads are active in the day time. You could get those as a much cheaper option while you save up for dart frogs.

[LilyPad]

My 5 year old would really like some firebellies, she saw them at petsmart and fell in love (she also fell in love with a parrot and a bearded dragon) I don't want a ton of vivs though (I say that now LOL) So I really want to wait until I get what I really want. One of the local pet stores here carries a lot of exotic species has some really beautiful darts too, so when I'm ready (probably not for several months - year or so) I know I can get them there.

[artes]

I need to move there. I would love to actually be able to shop in person for some exotic frogs, even if its just to window shop. I especially want to window shop (and real shop) some bumble bee walking toads.

The good news is, if you only do like, 3 firebellies, they'll be perfectly happy to live in a 10 gallon tank! /dangles the lure of temptation

Btw, I also have a bearded dragon. She is AWESOME. Even though she insists on being handfed... and by handfed, I mean I have to physically open her mouth, insert food, and close her mouth around it. -_-

[LilyPad]

That does "dangle the lure of temptation" as I will have 2 empty 10 gallon tanks when the tree frogs move to their new viv!!

We are very lucky to have an exotic pet store so near, that's the benefit of living next to a big city! There are times we go to the store just to walk around, like you said, window shop.

I like bearded dragons too, maybe eventually!!

[artes]

Some people silicone a glass divider into the tank to make half water and half land. I used eco earth in most of my tank and baking dishes for pools. Its a tad unorthodox, but my firebellies happen to love climbing and hopping around on dirt more than they like swimming. So they have three ficus trees, a pot turned on its side for a cave, and two-three baking dishes (sometimes I remove the third as its in a bad location for leaf droppings). My original set up involved a filter and sloping gravel, but mine were kinda "meh" about it. I have five in a 20 gallon long, but when I just had three they spent the first year of their life in a 10 gallon and were perfectly happy with the size - just in their case, not the set up. Some people say you can put up to five toads in a 10 gallon, but I personally would cap at 3.